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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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